[EIDXA] Windows 10

[Jon Klinkefus]

HA!

73,

Jon W0JMK

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Jim Spencer <Jim at spencerhills.com> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Years ago some of us thought freedom in our computer choices was the most
> important thing and we hitched our wagons to this little outfit up in
> Washington called Microsoft.  Over the years I've questioned the wisdom of
> that decision many times but I've never been willing to make the leap
> except for buying an iPad a few years ago.  Windows probably should have
> been called "walls" or "gates" because the early freedom was mostly
> illusion!
>
> Now, be smug!
>
> 73,  Jim  WØSR
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Klinkefus
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 6:19 PM
> To: Jim Spencer
> Cc: eidxa at mailman.qth.net
>
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10
>
> What's Windows?
>
> On Jul 10, 2016, at 16:38, Jim Spencer <Jim at SpencerHills.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've been getting along just fine with four older, 2 years plus, Windows
>> 7 computers.  I'm not doing anything very fancy and most of my software is
>> old--like Office 2003.  What are the advantages for me in switching to
>> Windows 10?  I'm wondering what offsets the risks of my old computers,
>> printers and software not working.  I know Dell says one of my notebook
>> computers cannot be updated to Windows 10 because they are not going to
>> supply the drivers!
>>
>> I hate to be the only kid on the block with Windows 7 but I still
>> remember the problems I had switching from XP to Windows 7.
>>
>> Is anyone else sticking with 7?
>>
>> 73,   Jim  WØSR
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Al
>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:58 PM
>> To: eidxa at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] Windows 10
>>
>> Nelson,
>>   I have been running win10 on my PC's Win10 was first available and
>> have found it very stable with the programs that I run.
>> 1) I have no direct expericane with any of the programs you wish to run.
>> 2) Problems that I have seen reported with win10 and ham programs
>> generally been related to
>>  a) Older hardware (MB, video, comports ) may not have drivers that
>> fully support Win10
>>  b) Win10 does not allow any user data to be written anywhere to the
>> C:\program files folder so older programs will likely have to be
>> installed somewhere else  ( which generally works out ok. )
>>  c) Comports and sound device may be enumerated in a differently than
>> you have your software configured. Plan on re-configuring ports after
>> you upgrade.
>> 3) Most ham programs that have recent updates will work fine and many
>> older programs can be made to work if reinstalled.
>> 4) Most Win10 upgrades do allow you to rollback to the previous OS if
>> win10 does not work. Or make a disk image before you do the upgrade.
>> 5) save your valuable data somewhere else, just in case.
>>
>>
>> AL, K0VM
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/2016 12:46 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote:
>>> I have desktops running WindowsXP, Vista, and System 7. Microsoft has
>>> been
>>> badgering me for months to install the free upgrade from Windows 7 to
>>> Windows 10. My concern is that some of my ham software might not work on
>>> Windows 10, e.g. DX Atlas, HamCAP, IonoProbe, W6EL Prop, DXPWin 3.0,
>>> DigiPan, etc. Does anyone have direct experience with these programs in a
>>> Windows 10 environment? I have until the end of the month to decide
>>> whether
>>> or not to upgrade.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nelson, KU0A
>>>
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